In the midst of so. much. D23 Expo. coverage, though Bryan and Art weren’t here for pod recording this week, you still get to hear them! And also Zoner Bryce!

Bud’s Weekly Geek-out

09:52 – D23 Expo, but in five minutes! 😅

Coming Soon

10:21 – Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery (Netflix film, coming soon) (poster)

10:45 – Black Adam (Warner/DC movie, in theatres October 21)

10:52 – Nintendo Direct games: Pikmin 4 (Switch game, 2023) / Resident Evil Cloud (Switch games, Village/8 October 28, Winters’ Expansion DLC December 2, 2/3/7 Biohazard 2022) / GoldenEye 007 (Switch game w/ NSO+Exp, coming soon, online play) / Factorio (Switch game, October 28, Zoner Spencer) / The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom (Switch game, May 12, 2023)

D23 Coming Soon

23:26 – Secret Invasion (Marvel SERIES, Disney+, 2023)

25:54 – The Little Mermaid (in theatres, May 26, 2023)

30:59 – Special Presentation: Werewolf By Night (one-hour Marvel special, Disney+, October 7)

32:08 – The Mandalorian (Disney+ series, S3 2023)

related: The Mandalorian & Grogu walkarounds at Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge mid-November

34:59 – Tales Of The Jedi (Disney+ 6-episode animated miniseries, October 26)

37:27 – Andor (Disney+ series, three-episode premiere September 21)

38:26 – Hocus Pocus 2 (sequel film, Disney+, September 30)

41:03 – Willow (Disney+ series, November 30)

42:51 – Percy Jackson and the Olympians (Disney+ series, coming soon)

43:02 – Disenchanted (sequel film, Disney+, November 24)

44:21 – National Treasure: Edge Of History (Disney+ series, two-episode Premiere December 14)

44:36 – The Santa Clauses (Disney+ miniseries, two-episode Premiere November 14) (Zoner Mary)

45:16 – Mickey: The Story of a Mouse (Disney+ documentary, November 18) (Zoner Mary)

48:14 – Disney & Marvel Games Showcase

48:20 – Tron Identity (2023, PC & consoles, apparently more of a detective mystery, visual novel, possibly taking place far after TRON: Legacy, where past characters aren’t in the game, but are more like gods or legends)

related: TRON Lightcycle / Run delayed to spring 2023 at WDW

49:41 – Disney Illusion Island (cute cartoony four-player co-op 2D platformer, Switch, 2023)

49:58 – Disney Speedstorm (Mario Kart but Disney, w/ Sully, Capt. Jack, Mulan, Mickey, and later, the rest of the Monsters Inc. crew, coming soon, PC & consoles, free to start)

50:12 – Disney Dreamlight Valley (available now, PC & consoles, Toy Story expansion coming soon)

50:19 – Marvel World of Heroes (looks AR, like Pokémon Go, 2023)

50:33 – Marvel Strike Force (ensemble cast — except Red Hulk, who arrives next week — mobile game, available now)

50:41 – Some sort of untitled Marvel game with the tagline “King Captain Soldier Spy,” w/ Black Panther and Captain America, set during WWII, made by the creator of Uncharted

51:13 – LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga: Galactic Edition comes out Christmas, with 13 character packs, 6 of those new)

51:48 – Aliens: Dark Descent (2023, PC & Consoles, tactical squad-based action game)

51:56 – Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora (PC & consoles, not Switch, 2023) and Avatar ReckoningAvatar Reckoning (MMORPG shooter, mobile devices, 2023)

Geek News Proper

52:20 – Star Trek Day / remembering Nichelle Nichols

53:09 – Carol Kane is Chief Engineer Pelia on Strange New Worlds S2

53:26 – Scripted podcast: Star Trek: Khan: Ceti Alpha V

54:22 – Star Trek: Prodigy (sneak peek, first season’s second half, October 27, this is the CG one w/ Kathryn Janeway)

54:42 – Strange New Worlds (clip from the next season)

55:14 – Bill Nye was there

55:42 – Erin Moriarty calls out “misogynistic trolling” by viewers (not fans) of The Boys / Eric Kripke calls out viewers trolling Erin Moriarty: “We don’t want you”

57:13 – Ana de Armas cried when Blonde got a 14-minute standing ovation in Venice

1:00:45 – The Joker’s real name was revealed as Jack White, so the other Jack White responds (Insta…gram)

D23 Geek News Proper

1:02:13 – Avengers Campus (DCA) expanding with a third attraction

– Other D23 show/movie news

1:03:16 – The Thunderbolts cast is confirmed! Florence Pugh, Sebastian Stan, David Harbour, Wyatt Russell, Julia Louis-Dreyfus and more!

1:03:25 – Echo will see Vincent D’Onofrio will return as The Kingpin.

1:03:29 – Matt Shakman (WandaVision) is confirmed to direct Fantastic Four.

1:04:02 – Inside Out 2 is announced, but while Amy Poehler is confirmed, castmates Bill Hader and Mindy Kaling are not.

1:04:26 – Captain America 4 will bring back The Leader from Incredible Hulk as its villain

1:04:52 – Iman Vellani fangirling over EVERYONE at D23 💛

1:05:52 – Indiana Jones and Short Round reunite after 38 years; Harrison Ford and Ke Huy Quan hug it out at D23 (KHQ will be an employee of the Time Variance Authority in Loki S2)

Reviews and Recommendayshes

1:06:49 – 91-Second Movie Review: Pinocchio (find more at TheZone.fm/movies/)

1:11:55 – Zoner Bryce’s 91-Second Movie Review: Bullet Train

1:14:46 – Cobra Kai: Season 5 (Bryan & Art)

1:31:16 – She-Hulk S01E03 – Is This Not Real Magic?

1:39:16 – House of the Dragon S01E04 – King of the Narrow Sea

1:43:15 – The Rings of Power S01E03 – Adar

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